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[i]Name: Cooper, Dante
[i]Age: appears to be 16
[i]True Age: 21
[i]Apparel:

Spoiler:

Dante is about 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighs about 157 pounds. He has long red hair that's about shoulder length. He also has his necklace on at all times.
[i]Personality: Dante was never really a talkative person. But if he meets someone that he really likes it's hard to get him to shut up. He has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. And he feels that everything's worth hearing at least once. He is also subject to sudden mood swings(caused by his zanpakuto spirit). He is a very influential person and can be very fun to be around(except when having mood swings). But depending on which way his mood swings he can be very depressing or make you angry as if his own mood rubs off on yours.

Zanpakutou

[i]Zanpakutou Name: nijuushin (doppelganger)
[i]Zanpakutou Apparel: in its sealed state nijuushin is about 56 centimeters. It has a red hilt. It also has a small chain with the same symbol as Dante's necklace.
[i]Zanpakutou Spirit: The spirit inside Dante's Zanpakuto is a ghostly version of himself.
[i]Zanpakutou Inner World: His zanpakuto lives in a world of mirrors that reflect the different sides of people's minds (fears, wants, jealousy, etc.)

Shikai

[i]Call Out Phrase: Wakareru(split in two) Nijuushin
[i]Shikai Apparel: In Shikai Dante's blade length increases to 67 centimeters. Also the symbol attached to the hilt by a chain turns purple
[i]Shikai Abilities: In his release Dante is more aware of the emotions of others and can even affect the emotions of others slightly but the more he changes theirs the less control he has over his own.( only lasts while released.) He also has heightened stamina, strength, speed, and his senses get stronger.

Bankai

[i]Call Out Phrase: Wakareru(split in two) Nijuushin
[i]Bankai Apparel: In its final form his Zanpakuto splits into a 60 centimeter blade and a 40 centimeter blade. Also in Bankai Dante and his zanpakuto emit a purple aura
[i]Bankai Abilities: In Bankai Dante's emotions change constantly. (almost every 2 minutes) but as Dante goes through mood swings everyone in range of Dante's aura does as well. Also during his Bankai Dante can hear the thoughts of anyone around him (if too many people are around it can be very overwhelming. He still has heightened abilities and senses. Also his ability to use kidou skyrockets in this form (he can't even fully use kidou outside of this form)

Back Drop

[i]Background: As a human at age 5 Dante's father left his mother and took dante with him. They travelled to Japan and this is where dante would learn of his family's strange power. He and his father both had the power to see spirits. Also they had weapons to combat spirits, dante had a necklace that could turn to a sword and his father had a cane. Dantes father would go on to explain to him that these weapons, if used on a spirit, would seal it inside of his weapon for him to use at a later time, but after too many uses this spirit would turn to nothingness. So Dante only used his weapon on spirits he had thought had the intent of harming people. (10 Hollows and 13 Shinigami before dying.)
One day a hollow was hunting the spirit of a child. Dante couldn't let the child die so he hunted the hollow. The search ended in an alley with the child backed into a corner. Dante took the hollows distraction with the cornered boy as a chance to attack. He rushed the hollow then noticing that the hollow and the child were linked by a small chain. The hollow turned and forced its hand through Dante's chest saying "The bait works every time." Those were the last words Dante heard before he died.
He awoke in the robes of a Shinigami with a zanpakuto. Though he didn't know what was going on he began to explore this new world. After a year of travelling and training he decided to go to the Soul Society which he had learned of during his travel.
By the time he had gotten to Soul Society he had already learned to release his Shikai.(since he was an advent human he has an extremely accelerated spiritual growth due to being near and fighting hollows, shinigami, and spirits.) But since he was new to this world he still felt it necessary to go through their academy. He went to and managed to graduate from the academy within only 3 years. During the three years he almost reached the ability to release bankai. So after graduating from the academy instead of going straight to a squad he left to train.
After 2 years of training he learned to release Bankai and returned to Soul Society. Now that he has completed his training he wanted to become a known figure in the Soul Society. So he has decided to apply for the spot as captain of squad 6.(request)

[i]Side notes: He is Koreys older brother http://www.riseoftherevolution.org/human-f18/korey-cooperfin-t642.htm.

Others

[i]RP Sample: It's about 7:30 and Dante's returning home to take care of his sickly father when he had heard a scream. He looks around till he spots the spirit of a boy about 9 years old being chased by a strange oxen like hollow. He dropped his groceries and began pursuing them. His pursuit led him to a dark alley where the boy was trapped in a corner.
The oxen like demon closed in on the boy so Dante used this as a chance to attack. He rushed the hollow as he turned his necklace to its blade form and swung at the hollow. The hollow turned swiftly and dodged the attack and forced its arm through Dante's chest and said "The bait works every time." It was now that Dante realized that the spirit of the boy was just an empty shell and that he had been tricked. But it was too late. Dante blacked out and died.
Dante reawakens in a forest just outside of a village. He was wearing a black robes and had a sword at his side. "So this is the afterlife... I expected it to be a lot more... Heavenly." Dante said to himself looking around the forest. He then went to the village and spoke to the people in the village to get answers about where he was. After about a year of asking people questions and training he realized something. He realized that all of the answers in this world would be found if he went to the Soul Society. And thus his years in the academy began.

Approved.

I'm liking this application, but I'm not sure that these abilities have been articulated to the point that they need, such as if the bankai gives him absolute control or just a very strong influence. Is it possible to break the influence? What is the range of his ability to sense and change moods and to hear thoughts? If the target manages to break free of his control or influence, can they be taken back under control, or is the trick figured out and not able to be used on the individual again?

Might also want to consider any repercussions hearing others' thoughts might have on his personality, such as if he gets paranoid or even more unstable than he would already become at each level of release, etc. (Definitely liking that he's withdrawn but prone to attachment in his normal personality ^__^) If he can't control the incoming thoughts it would be like listening to x# of conversations without being able to focus his attention on any one thought for even an instant.

His Bankai gives him complete control over his targets emotions, but since he has no control over his own emotions technically he doesn't. His bankai can be escaped, all that must be done is escape his aura. The range of the aura is about 9-10 feet around himself(max). The ability can affect someone again as long as they are in range of the aura.

One of the key drawbacks is that he has mood swings even when he isn't released. And he does become more mentally unstable with each release. Also he can't differentiate thoughts if there's more than one person within the aura. But he can make the aura smaller so that only one person is within the aura, this also makes his bankai a little easier to bear.

Ok. Is the onset immediately 100% or does it build gradually to escape your targets' notice?

It activates immediatly upon release

I meant when someone is inside the range after it's been activated ^__^;;;

Oh yeah it affects them as soon as they enter it.

One last thing. Does this meet any difficulty with people who literally can't feel emotion (It has some clinical name that I don't feel like looking up) or who have schooled their emotion to a great extent of control (i.e. Byakuya or Yamamoto)? These individuals are very very rare, even here, but may yet be encountered.


Okay, I'm good with this otherwise, but just be careful to avoid godmoding (I realize you already know =P). In the apps we state bankai is about as close as we allow to GM, but this one skirts the line a bit more than usual and some people may not like it. Can't wait to see it in action, though. ^__^

I think it would still effect them but it would probably take a few moments/minutes longer than usual.

Sweet. Gods, you respond fast! I like that. =P

Blarg, hate to be a jerk-kinda-like (I'm totally nonconfrontational, so it sucks when I have to do this), but this idea came up. Would it be possible that the emotions induced by Dante might be broken by something that elicits a stronger emotional tie or pull on the victim?

I haven't really read the other character bios to great depth, so please don't take the following example the wrong way. It's merely an example:
Kira has a long and very harsh past as a slave that stole her childhood and innocence. She loves children, as she sees them as a unique symbol of innocence and purity that she'd never experienced when she was just a child. It is one reason she's so fond of Saiko despite knowing the 2nd Captain's true form and deadliness. Seeing a servant abused or a child being harmed would bring about an intensely strong emotional response from her that would overrule her loyalties, sense of reasoning, and even present thoughts. While she might catch herself before killing the perpetrator, she would certainly leave them hurting very, very badly. Something that raw and powerful ought to be able to overrule an emotion that is not necessarily their own but someone else's.

If that causes a problem, you could try entertaining the possibility of adjusting the bankai from controlling emotions to actually augmenting to a great degree the personality faults of an individual, such as if they suffered from hubris, rage, submissiveness, greed, anxiety, etc. Even if these faults are not strong or noticeable in their normal personalities, one would become the most prevalent quality they would display before others. So Kira's protectiveness of servants, slaves, and children would become overprotectiveness bordering on blind rage against the perp, but if a child, especially one she knows, were to appeal directly to her the geas would be broken.

Yes it can.

Actually since you brought it up i think i'll make so that if something like that happens and theyre in range of his bankai it over rides what ever mood Dante's in to that emotion.

For example they're in range of the bankai and something along the guide lines of what you just said happens. Then the person(kira in this case) and Dante are both overcome by rage. Also since they overrid his bankai with theyre own emotions his bankai has no effect on that person for the rest of his release.

Sounds good. He's still a good sight far from defenseless without that effect, so he'll certainly be able to take care of himself. Good times. Thanks, Dante! ^__^

Yep no problem.